Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez today announced that Adam B. Amyx Jr., 38, of Lawrence, was sentenced to 72 months in prison for attempted second-degree murder of a female passerby he tried to throw into the Kansas River. 

Judge Stacey Donovan sentenced Amyx, who pleaded no contest to the charge in March, to 72 months in the Kansas Department of Corrections.

Douglas County District Attorney Suzanne Valdez today announced that Jason E. Dallinga, 41, of Lawrence, agreed to plead guilty to aggravated indecent liberties with a child and indecent liberties with a child. 

The charges stemmed from incidents that occurred on or about October 10, 2022 when Dallinga engaged in lewd fondling or touching of a child less than 14 years old and a child between 14 and 16 years of age.